10 TIMES
An American household is ten times more likely to experience a complete cable system outage due to poor customer service than to be deprived of its first-choice TV channel because of a retrans dispute.

0.01%
The percentage of annual pay-TV subscriber viewing hours disrupted due to a retransmission consent impasse.

$3.28
The amount of money received per subscriber, per month by Time Warner-owned cable networks like TNT, TBS, Boomerang and others, according to SNL Kagan figures reported by AllThingsD.com.

85 CENTS
The amount of money received per subscriber, per month by Cablevision-owned networks like FUSE, WE tv, IFC, AMC, and Sundance, according to SNL Kagan figures reported by AllThingsD.com.

Cable
Rate Increase*

Rate
of Inflation**

1999

4.0%

2.2%

2000

5.0%

3.4%

2001

8.2%

2.8%

2002

5.6%

1.6%

2003

5.4%

2.3%

2004

4.2%

2.7%

2005

3.9%

3.4%

2006

3.9%

3.2%

2007

3.8%

2.8%

2008

3.7%

3.8%

2009

3.0%

-0.4%

Sources:
* SNL Kagan. Percent change is based on the weighted
average rate. ** Bureau of Labor statistics

'COST OF CABLE CONTINUES TO SOAR'
In advocating for more consumer choice for cable viewers, this Los Angeles Times columnist notes, "Meanwhile the cost of cable continues to soar. In April, Time Warner Cable once again jacked up rates for about 500,000 Southern California customers, after a January price increase for the rest of the company's nearly 2 million local subscribers." David Lazarus I LATimes.com